Many things wrong w/terrible Berliner column on NPR, including not observing basic fairness. Didn't seek comment from NPR before publishing. Didn't mention many things which could detract from his conclusions. Set up staffers of color as scapegoats: loom.ly/QPLdX1w

good thing we will be focusing on something else shortly. This has already consumed too much precious time.

It’s impossible to describe the magic that happened City Arts & Lectures last night when a poet/author + journalist/storyteller, both sensitive, brilliant icons w/ great shoe game were in conversation. Thank you Hanif Abdurraqib & Shereen Marisol Meraji for a deeply moving, unforgettable evening! 🙏🏼💛

I’m keeping up with the recent news from Gaza, here:

amp.theguardian.com/world/live/202…

When we talk about dehumanizing language - this is what we mean. What do you call people under the age of 18? Technically minors is accurate, but a more appropriate term is children.

Palestinian children.

Shereen Marisol Meraji What game? 🙄😐

I have zero interest in watching this football game.

The body of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab has been found decomposing in the car where her family were killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza City.

A few metres away, the ambulance sent to rescue Hind was burnt out with the remains of two medics inside ⤵️

Who needs wifi when there’s mezcal? It felt so good to speak Spanish, feel the sun on my face and enjoy life for a few days. Dejé mi corazón en 🇲🇽

Music lovers!

For the next three consecutive Thursdays at 9am PST on KALX 90.7 (or streaming) you can hear my UC Berkeley audio students rock the airwaves with their phenomenal pieces about musicians, bands and the power of music to heal.
kalx.berkeley.edu

Back when Shereen Marisol Meraji guest hosted Reveal, we did a story about the fallout in Wayne County after Trump’s effort to influence the certification process there.

Now there’s a recording of Trump’s conversation w/ local GOP leaders.

Here’s the context:

open.spotify.com/episode/3S95g6…

Israel-Gaza war: Half of Gaza's population is starving, warns UN bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

I know EXACTLY what you're doing on Jan 20th: Attending 'The Art of the Scene.' That's my occasional, online workshop for Radio Camp re: capturing & deploying scenes in your stories. Previous workshops have sold out so it's not to early to sign-up here: radiobootcamp.org/classes/the-ar…

My audio students won 'Best Documentary' for a radio show/podcast episode they made in their first semester of journalism school! It's called Ohlone Land and it examined Bay Area municipalities' and institutions' attempts to repair harm done to local indigenous communities.…